Jocelyn Patterson (1900–1965)
Jocelyn Patterson was born in 1900 to parents John and Isabella Patterson. He attended the University of Durham and received a BSc in 1919 and an MSc in 1921, then received his PhD from St Andrews in 1922. He served as…
Tag: postgrad research student
Students who attended StA as research students, regardless of whether they took a formal degree (e.g. MPhil, PhD) or not.
John Masson Gulland (1898–1947)
John Masson Gulland was born in Edinburgh in 1898 to parents Helen Orme Masson and Dr. George Lovell Gulland. He served in World War I as an engineer in the Divisional Signals Company. When he returned, he attended…
The research process
These images were produced by our VIP team in spring 2026, to illustrate the challenges, fun and serendipity of trying to track down historic students at St Andrews. They give a good sense of the sorts of sources we…